Cavan County Council election, 2014

Cavan County Council election, 2014
All 18 seats to Cavan County Council
	Map showing the area of Cavan County Council
Cathaoirleach before election; Val Smith; FG ;	Subsequent Cathaoirleach ; Shane O'Reilly; FF ;

Last updated March 18, 2019

An election to Cavan County Council took place on 23 May 2014 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 18 councillors were elected from three electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office. In addition both Belturbet Town Council and Cavan Town Council were abolished.

Cavan County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Cavan, Ireland. As a county council, it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community, roads and transportation, urban planning and development, amenity and culture, and environment. The council has 18 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (Chairperson). The county administration is headed by a Chief Executive, Tommy Ryan. The county town is Cavan town.

Belturbet is a town in County Cavan, Ireland. It lies on the N3 road, around 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Cavan town and 123 km (76 mi) from Dublin. It is also located around 4 km (2.5 mi) south of the border with Northern Ireland, between the counties of Cavan and Fermanagh, and 36 km (22 mi) from Enniskillen.

Fianna Fáil had a good set of elections and only lost one seat overall when compared to 2009. By contrast Fine Gael lost 6 seats and their overall majority. This was one of the few Councils where Sinn Féin did not make gains as the party returned with the same number they had held in 2009.^[1]^[2]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	First Pref. votes	FPv%	±%
	Fianna Fáil	7	-1	12,810	40.5%
	Fine Gael	7	-6	11,615	36.7%
	Sinn Féin	4	-	5,751	18.2%
	Independent	0	-	1,286	4.1%
Totals		18	-7		100%	—

Results by Electoral Area

Bailieborough-Cootehill

Bailieborough-Cootehill - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	Fianna Fáil	Niamh Smyth *†	16.06	1,886
	Fianna Fáil	Clifford Kelly	10.11	1,187	1,199	1,215	1,226	1,387	1,432	1,489	1,494	1,512
	Fianna Fáil	Fergal Curtin*	9.41	1,105	1,146	1,159	1,176	1,187	1,276	1,328	1,493	1,543
	Fine Gael	Val Smith*	9.32	1,095	1,101	1,122	1,194	1,233	1,260	1,438	1,553	1,596
	Sinn Féin	Charlie Boylan*	8.80	1,034	1,038	1,084	1,095	1,123	1,188	1,218
	Sinn Féin	Paddy McDonald*	7.48	879	924	959	1,036	1,100	1,185	1,292	1,844
	Fianna Fáil	Francis McDermott	7.44	874	906	923	946	998	1,138	1,369	1,401	1,416
	Fianna Fáil	Don Smith	6.89	809	823	854	862	868
	Fine Gael	John O'Hare*	6.21	729	748	779	911	1,038	1,086
	Fine Gael	Carmel Brady	6.12	719	724	747	809	928	1,207	1,531	1,660	1,700
	Fine Gael	David Blake*	5.18	608	612	636	706
	Fine Gael	Séan McKiernan Jnr*	4.12	484	505	519
	Independent	Harry Henry Reburn	1.46	171	174
	Independent	Val Martin	1.40	165	167
Electorate: 19,701 Valid: 11,745 (59.62%) Spoilt: 153 Quota: 1,678 Turnout: 11,898 (60.39%)

Ballyjamesduff

Ballyjamesduff- 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Sinn Féin	Noel Connell*	16.36	1,753
	Fine Gael	Winston Bennett*	14.41	1,544
	Fine Gael	Paddy Smith*	13.86	1,485	1,533
	Fianna Fáil	Philip Brady	13.25	1,420	1,458	1,689
	Fianna Fáil	Shane P. O'Reilly*	12.69	1,360	1,392	1,423	1,458
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly*	11.66	1,250	1,273	1,544
	Fianna Fáil	Craig Lovett	10.53	1,129	1,182	1,308	1,415
	Fine Gael	Mary Brady	7.25	777	804	804
Electorate: 19,362 Valid: 10,718 (55.36%) Spoilt: 156 Quota: 1,532 Turnout: 10,874 (56.16%)

Cavan-Belturbet

Cavan-Belturbet - 6 seats
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	John Paul Feeley*	13.67	1,240	1,245	1,267	1,290	1,307
	Sinn Féin	Damien Brady*	13.47	1,222	1,236	1,266	1,290	1,314
	Fine Gael	Madeline Argue*	12.01	1,089	1,092	1,097	1,264	1,349
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Smith*	11.70	1,061	1,064	1,072	1,078	1,116	1,123	1,133	1,331
	Fine Gael	Peter McVitty*	11.50	1,043	1,046	1,068	1,133	1,333
	Sinn Féin	Eugene Greenan††	9.51	863	870	888	948	957	961	964	1,106
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia Walsh*	8.15	739	741	745	811	823	829	831	890
	Independent	Seamus Fitzpatrick	6.07	551	586	618	637	744	765	787
	Fine Gael	Barry Wilson	5.48	497	501	505	531
	Fine Gael	Jacqui Lewis	3.25	295	296	300
	Labour Party	Mary Croke	2.06	187	191	201
	Independent	Eamon Murray	1.76	160	190
	Independent	Noreen Briddigkeit Quinn	0.75	68
	Independent	Mickey Lee	0.62	56
Electorate: 17,468 Valid: 9,071 (51.93%) Spoilt: 137 Quota: 1,296 Turnout: 9,208 (52.71%)

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References

1 2 McMahon, Aine (24 May 2014). "Fine Gael take two of first four Cavan council seats". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
↑ "Cavan County Council Local Elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

Post-Election Changes

†Bailieborough-Cootehill Fianna Fáil Councillor Niamh Smyth was elected as a TD for Cavan-Monaghan at the Irish general election, 2016. Sarah O'Reilly was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 15 March 2016.
††Cavan-Belturbet Sinn Féin Councillor Eugene Greenan resigned his seat on 26 June 2017. Daniel Downey was co-opted to fill the vacancy on 9 September 2017.

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[it_first_four_seats-1] 1 2 McMahon, Aine (24 May 2014). "Fine Gael take two of first four Cavan council seats". The Irish Times. Retrieved 24 May 2014.

[2] "Cavan County Council Local Elections". Irish Independent. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.